BPO 2, text 15 S (P237799)

Divination tablet excavated in Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM —

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Divination (EAE 50-51 astr omens)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Scholarly or scientific > Divination (EAE 50-51 astr omens)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P237799
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P237799

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM —
Accession Number	K 00230

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	K.230
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P237799
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_K-230

References

primary: BPO 2

[Pingree1981BPO2] Reiner, Erica, and David E. Pingree. 1981. Enūma Anu Enlil : Tablets 50-51. Vol. 2. Babylonian Planetary Omens.
history: BPO 2, 1981, 72-75 (Text 15)

[Pingree1981BPO2] Reiner, Erica, and David E. Pingree. 1981. Enūma Anu Enlil : Tablets 50-51. Vol. 2. Babylonian Planetary Omens.
history: cf. Bezold in Boll, Ant. Beob., 1918, 145, 145 note 1

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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-02 at 12:46:11	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-07-05 at 18:39:40	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2003-12-03 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Fincke, Jeanette C.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BPO 2, Text 15 S Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P237799.

BPO 2, text 15 S artifact entry (No. P237799). (2024, July 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P237799 (Original work published 2003)

BPO 2, text 15 S artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P237799 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
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	title = {BPO 2, text 15 {S} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P237799},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P237799},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPO 2, Text 15 S Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P237799.

BPO 2, text 15 S artifact entry (No. P237799). (2024, July 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P237799 (Original work published 2003)

BPO 2, text 15 S artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P237799 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 2},
	title = {BPO 2, text 15 {S} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P237799},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P237799},
}

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